2018 Rugby Europe Women's Championship Explained

2018 Women's European Championship
Host:Belgium
Type:women
Champion:Spain
Runnerup:Netherlands
Matches:4
Preceded By:2016

The 2018 Rugby Europe Women's Championship was the 22nd edition of Rugby Europe's top division competition for women's national rugby union teams, and the tenth such tournament for which the European Championship title was awarded. The tournament was held in Belgium from 27 February to 3 March 2018 as a knockout competition, with matches played at Brussels and Waterloo. won the championship to take its third European title and second in a row.[1]

Format

The four teams, based on the world rankings at the time of issuing the tournament regulations, were assigned a seeding from 1 to 4, the highest being that of and, subsequently, the, and .[2] The format was a four team semifinal bracket, with the teams seeded 1 and 2 meeting the teams seeded 4 and 3 respectively.[2] A final for the title was played between the two winners and a match for third place was played by the defeated semifinal teams.[2] All competitions took place at the Stade du Pachy in Waterloo[1] except for the final held at the Petit Heysel in Brussels.[1]

Results

Final

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spain win Rugby Europe Women's Championship . World Rugby . https://web.archive.org/web/20180514084522/https://www.worldrugby.org/news/315435 . 14 May 2018 . 5 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Rugby Europe Women's European Championship 2018 Tournament Manual . rugbyeurope.eu . 24 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171212092932/http://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/document/171201_re_staff_women_xv_competition_manualv4_final.pdf . 12 December 2017.